Description: This tall, slender woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has moderate length red hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (50 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are black.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Marshal. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Latbag is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Latbag is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north to a Tailor, Latbag learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Coral (120 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Jade (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rangrim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Rose (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His chestnut hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He uses divination through singing.

History: Jak hails from a village terrorized by goblins. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Banker. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.